Choose a Firewall Policy to Enforce

In SmartConsole-managed Endpoint Security VPN, the Firewall policy enforced is configured in the Desktop Policy tab in SmartConsole.

In SmartEndpoint-managed Endpoint Security VPN, the Endpoint Security Firewall Policy Rules configured in SmartEndpoint are enforced by default. However, you can choose to use the Desktop Policy from SmartConsole, if, for example, your environment had Endpoint Security VPN and then was upgraded to the complete Endpoint Security solution.

To configure which Firewall policy to enforce for SmartEndpoint-managed Endpoint Security VPN:

  1. In SmartEndpoint, go to Policy tab > Firewall Policy Rules.

  2. Select a Firewall policy action:

    Action

    Description

    Enforce the above Firewall policy

    Use the Endpoint Security Firewall Policy Rules

    Enforce Desktop Policy from SmartConsole

    Use the Desktop Policy from SmartConsole

  3. Install Policy.

  4. Restart all computers included in the rule.